It’s wasn’t that long ago German cars didn’t even have cup holders. They don’t believe in the idea of the need of beverages while driving. Most of their early cup holders were designed so poor they were called “drink launchers”. I own a lot of German cars and everyone from a $225K down has idiotic cup holder designs. The best German car cup holder so far is in a MK8 GTI which is my cheapest car in my fleet? Go figure VW in Wolfsburg can actually understand the size and placement of cups in a drivers car for optimal use.
You want a full size American truck for the ultimate designed cup holders. I can carry 8 beverages just up front in my Power Wagon and all of them will hold every thing from our Yeti to McDonald’s cups.
Our X7 in traveling I very carefully use the double cup from McDonald’s system. That way it doesn’t sweat into the heated/cold cupholder. Outside of this travel tip, I use small/mid bottles of water that I can seal up and store in door pocket bottle holder.
The last thing you wanna do is spill any liquid in these cupholders as they will leak down onto vital electronic components. Another brilliant BMW/German cup holder design to sabotage your need to carry any liquids while driving.
